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J. HAZELIP. Childs Carriage Top. No. 236,02?. Patehted Dec. 28,1880.

UNITED STATES P TENT Fries.

JOSEPH N. HAZELIP, or BALTIMORE, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO BENJA- MIN e.HARRIS, or sAME PLACE, AND WILLIAM OANBY, or BALTIMORE GOUN TY,MARYLAND.

CHlLDS-CARRIAGE TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,027; dated December28, 1880.

' Application filed June 3, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH N. HAZELIP, of the city of Baltimore andState of Maryland, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinOhildrens-UarriageTops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in standards for thesupport of a top or canopy of a childs carriage, as hereinafter setforth.

The improvements will first be described,

and then designated in the claim.

Figure l is a side elevation of a carriage with my improvements. Fig. 2is a side view of my improved standard. Fig. 3 is a transverse view ofsame. Fig. 4 shows the stand ard turned down.

The letter A designates the bodyof a childs carriage mounted onrunning-gear in any approved manner. The top B is supported on myimproved standards, designated by the letter 0, which may be soconstructed as to permit the top to fall both backward and forward, orbackward only. The standard is hinged to a base-piece, d, which issecured to the sides or arms of the body in any suitable manner, andpreferably about midway between the rear and forward end of the arms.The base-piece has an upward-projectin g stud, 0, around which 0 aspiral spring, f, fits and rests on the shoulder 6 at the base of thestud. A In g, 9, projects laterally from the base, having at its end adownward-turned lip, g, the lug and the lip forming a hook. 7

5 V The lower end of the standard 0 terminates in a semicircular rail,h, at whose center i the shank n of the socket or eye a is pivoted. Theeye fits on the stud e and rests on the upper part of thespiralsprin gf, and is adapted to move up and down on the stud. The inner edge of thesemicircular part h has notches 1), consisting of a sloping edge whichintersects a short, abrupt edge, whose line is radial from the shank a,and midway of the semicircular part is a square notch, q, into which thelug g engages when the standard is in a vertical position, as shown inFig. 1, while the lug engages with the notches p when the standard isturned down or partly down. The spring, being on the base-piece, isalways stationary, and constantly bears upward against the eye orsocket, thereby keeping the notches on the semicircular end of thestandard in engagement with the lug or hook on the base. Thisconstruction affords an important advantage, to wit: when the top isdown backward (the standard being in the position represented in Fig. 4)it may be brought to its upright position again by merely lifting it,and without liability of pushing the carriage for-ward, as would be thecase if the spring were carried on and moved with the standard, as shownin my patent of November 25, 1879. I11 the device there shown thedisengagement of the notch and hook is effected by pressing on the top.When the top is down and it is desired to raise it, it is necessary tohold the carriage-body from moving, in order to give the requisitepressure on the top to retract the spring sufficient to disengage theparts, all of which is obviated by this construction.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States A support for carriage-tops, consisting of astandard whose lower end terminates in a semicircular rail, h, havingnotches or projections on its inner edge, and provided with a socket oreye, a, having a lateral shank pivoted at the center of the semicircularpart, and a base-piece having an upward-projecting 8o stud, 'e, on whichthesocket or eye may move up and down, and a lateral-projecting lug, g,and a spring adapted to bear up against the eye or socket, as set forth.

JOSEPH N. HAZELIP.

Witnesses:

QaAs. B. MANN, W. A. NUMsEN.

